Scientists Say Prototype Ebola Drug Clears Early Test Hurdle

Scientists have revealed that a prototype drug that has been urgently given to a handful of patients with Ebola has cleared an important test hurdle. Normally, experimental drugs are tested first on animals and then on progressively larger groups of humans to ensure they are safe and effective. But, in an exceptional move, a new drug called ZMapp that has not gone through these tests has been rushed to the outbreak in west Africa, as the lethal disease ...

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